A gorgeous container garden is one of the easiest and least expensive ways to add color to an outdoor living space during any season. And, it doesn’t matter if you have acres of backyard or just a simple balcony, because containers come in all sizes and can grow anything from succulents to vegetable gardens. [...]

  Adding outdoor living spaces is a great way to expand the usable square footage of your home without investing in costly home additions. Exterior spaces for dining, cooking or entertaining are generally more affordable than adding interior space to your home and provides you and your family with a more comfortable, convenient way to [...]

  Many of you reading this are lucky to live in Southern California, where outdoor living is practically a religion. Because we’re blessed with sunshine most days of the year, we spend a lot of time outside. For the rest of the country, summer is well on its way and grilling and entertaining on the [...]

  The trouble with maintaining a healthy lawn is weeds that can totally smother your prized lawn camouflage themselves inside that lush, green goodness. Fast-growing crabgrass is the enemy of gardeners worldwide for its ability to sneak into bare or weak spots in a  garden and virtually take over. We’ll walk you through how to [...]

  On a recent vacation to Brian Head, Utah, my family and I stayed in a traditionally styled log cabin that was filled with wood furniture the owner had fashioned from tree stumps left over from his home’s construction. Each piece – from the kitchen table to the night stands – was gorgeous, sturdy, and [...]

      If you are debating whether an outdoor fireplace or a fire pit is a better investment for your next home improvement project, you are not alone. With the increasing popularity of outdoor kitchens and other exterior living areas that expand a home’s usable space, it makes sense that more and more homeowners [...]